To be fair, I have no problem with poeple who want to critique on something. But it seems to me that the “brony analysis comunity” is only concerned with what effects their own image on youtube or any other platform of social media for that matter. That and (I could be completely wrong about this) is how double-sided and two-faced they all seem to be. Its like if even one of does something that the others will incriminate or make them look bad in any way shape or form, then they wont hesitate to throw that person under the bus. (Except Tooncritic, that weasily little f#?ker deserves to be thrown under a bus, put said bus in reverse and run him over again.) But it seems like ever since then, that entire group of “freinds” have just been falling apart ever since, which is kinda ironic since they all spent years as portraying themselves as holding up to a higher standard of freindship and goodwill towards others.
Sorry, I got off on a tangent there. But the point that I was trying to make is just because a group of people in a fandom have suddenly turned into a cancer, doesn’t mean the rest of the fandom is the same way. The best approach is to simply cut out the rot before it spreads. In other words try not to get wrapped up in all the BS.
In-fandom analysts I tend to agree since they have a habit of putting the kibosh on their work due to a change they don’t like, and/or go crazy (digibrony, Lily Peet) or get #MeToo’d (TooncriticY2k).
Outside-fandom analysts like SF Debris will remain however.
As a long-time Sonic fan, I think it’s pretty safe to say that this fandom won’t go “extinct” as long as people are being good to eachother, continue creating fan art and fanfiction and the such; then theres plenty years left. Though the same cant be said for everyone else cough analysists cough .
But the show doesn’t end with the 2-part season premiere on April 6; it ends with
the series finale, which we should be expecting sometime near the end of 2019.
Wait really!? The shows ending soon? Well then…I’m pretty sure the fandom will still do things to keep it around for as long as possible, even if another generation of the series shows up.